Kolkata Knight Riders endured one other underwhelming season in IPL 2022 because the two-time champions completed within the backside half of the desk. Final 12 months’s runner-ups are the topic of criticism for Bengal’s Minister of State for Affairs of Sports activities and Youth, Manoj Tiwary, for not selling Bengal gamers.
The Kolkata-based franchise has been the league’s third most profitable workforce and lifted its maiden trophy in 2012. Manoj Tiwary was an integral a part of the title-winning aspect that 12 months. However the former KKR man has raised questions concerning the workforce’s administration strategies after an absence of gamers from the Bengal area.
Other than Tiwary, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, Mohammed Shami, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, and Wriddhiman Saha are among the most outstanding gamers from West Bengal to have represented the franchise. However in recent times the gamers from the area have been scarce on the workforce.
“Definitely I want to see a change. I all the time say that there ought to be quite a lot of gamers (from Bengal in KKR). So my solely query is that if Bengal gamers can play for these different groups frequently within the enjoying eleven, why can’t they play right here. In order that query mark is all the time there on the administration. They by no means discuss brazenly additionally. They keep silent, and this query mark all the time stays on them,” Manoj Tiwary stated on Sports activities Tak
Followers would wish to assist their native gamers: Manoj Tiwary
One of many stalwarts of the Ranji aspect, Tiwary stated that having native gamers on the workforce conjures up the youth to take up the game and in addition brings extra passionate supporters to the sport as folks wish to see the gamers from their area at larger levels just like the IPL. The previous Indian cricketer additionally stated that he can have a dialog with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and KKR‘s Shahrukh Khan relating to the difficulty.
“Native gamers encourage children within the stadium. Followers would wish to assist their native gamers. They’ll all the time assist their workforce however after they see that there’s a native participant within the squad, they may take that emotion with them. I’ll ask our honorable chief minister Mamata Banerjee to talk with Shahrukh Khan. He’s West Bengal’s model ambassador. We’ll see what occurs after that,” Tiwary added.
